Does anyone else have difficulty using the Wiki to find specific information and pages? When I bring up the main Wiki page I see a lot of choices and almost all of them do not involve the locations I'm looking for. What I'm looking for is the channel plans for various agencies that don't seem to be accessible via the Wiki tab on the corresponding database page for a particular agency.
For example, if click on the Wiki tab for Grand Canyon National Park I won't find the extensive table someone has developed that shows a multiple repeater site, multiple net, multiple frequency multicast system that is now in place there. I have to go to the main page of the Wiki and try to remember a round about way of getting the page that lists a lot of federal information. As I type this I can't remember how I get there, even though I do so several times per year. I'm also finding that some of the Wiki information available on a particular database page using the Wiki tab can't be found when navigating the main Wiki page.
I have another question related to the Wiki. I started a similar thread on the database administration thread. Is there an easier way to edit the pages. I'm glad I have the opportunity to be able to edit pages where I know I have the best information available to us to make the Wiki accurate. I like being able to do so without making a submission to an administrator as I can get the page to read very clearly without having to rely on an intervening person who might not see the importance of writing something in the exact way I write things. However, it takes for ever to write and edit the pages. The instructions are so complex that I just open the editing for other pages and try to understand the use of the various symbols. I just completed editing the National Incident Radio Support Cache page, with extensive edits of the National air to ground frequency list and some minor edits to other tables on the page as well. I have my own spreadsheet with all the data, which I use to keep track of the most current information. Transferring that information to the Wiki was a few hour job, time that could be better spent. I take the time so that everyone has the most current information for monitoring wildfire incidents.
Is there a way to make editing and creating Wiki page information easier? Some people have a lot more computer savvy than I and might think everything is pretty straightforward, but for me, at least, it is anything but. I may have some great information to share, but when I consider how long it takes to enter on the Wiki page I might not get it posted for an entire year. What I envision is some type of fill in the blanks, tab to the next blank situation.
For example, if click on the Wiki tab for Grand Canyon National Park I won't find the extensive table someone has developed that shows a multiple repeater site, multiple net, multiple frequency multicast system that is now in place there. I have to go to the main page of the Wiki and try to remember a round about way of getting the page that lists a lot of federal information. As I type this I can't remember how I get there, even though I do so several times per year. I'm also finding that some of the Wiki information available on a particular database page using the Wiki tab can't be found when navigating the main Wiki page.
I have another question related to the Wiki. I started a similar thread on the database administration thread. Is there an easier way to edit the pages. I'm glad I have the opportunity to be able to edit pages where I know I have the best information available to us to make the Wiki accurate. I like being able to do so without making a submission to an administrator as I can get the page to read very clearly without having to rely on an intervening person who might not see the importance of writing something in the exact way I write things. However, it takes for ever to write and edit the pages. The instructions are so complex that I just open the editing for other pages and try to understand the use of the various symbols. I just completed editing the National Incident Radio Support Cache page, with extensive edits of the National air to ground frequency list and some minor edits to other tables on the page as well. I have my own spreadsheet with all the data, which I use to keep track of the most current information. Transferring that information to the Wiki was a few hour job, time that could be better spent. I take the time so that everyone has the most current information for monitoring wildfire incidents.
Is there a way to make editing and creating Wiki page information easier? Some people have a lot more computer savvy than I and might think everything is pretty straightforward, but for me, at least, it is anything but. I may have some great information to share, but when I consider how long it takes to enter on the Wiki page I might not get it posted for an entire year. What I envision is some type of fill in the blanks, tab to the next blank situation.
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